Ten For Tuesday

Leo’s Songs: The Leo’s Songs app comes to you from the makers of Leo’s Pad (the Award-Winning app that is both fun and educational)! With Leo’s Songs, kids can enjoy a musical experience filled with educational songs. Children will be able to watch, listen and sing-along with Leo and the gang as they teach lessons and inspire your kids through songs! The songs will help kids explore their musical talents while learning important lessons – like being patient, practicing, and following their dreams. This app features amazing graphics, interactions and animations. Some of the available tracks included are: 1) “Follow Your Dreams”, 2) “Try Again”, 3) “Practice is Perfect”, and 4) “You Are An Inventor”. If you would like to share a musical app with your child that teaches important lessons, be sure to check out Leo’s Songs! Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: FREE ~ See Leo’s Songs in the App Store

RokLienz: On Tour!: The RokLienz: On Tour! app is a fun musical app for kids. With RokLienz: On Tour!, kids can play in a virtual music competition – The Galactic Grooves Battle of the Bands! The RokLienz have picked you to help them become the “Best Band in The Universe”! Are you up for the challenge?! The goal is to help the RokLienz score higher than their competition by keeping them on beat and protecting them against food that gets thrown on the stage! Kids will tap the beats and slice their way to high scores and help Runkle Rux, Yuppi and Klimp gain more and more fans. The app is free to play and features 3 different planets. There are 9 original, out-of-this-world songs by 3 different RokLienz and 36 total levels of play. Kids can unlock more goodies and power-ups as they play with in-game currency. If you would like to share a fun music competition app with your child, be sure to check out RokLienz: On Tour! Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Price: FREE ~ See RokLienz: On Tour! in the App Store

Teeth Defense: The Teeth Defense app is a fun math game for kids. With Teeth Defense, kids will play a “math tower defense game”. This app is geared towards kids who are in the first or second grade in school. Kids must help the cute teeth who are defending their kingdom…they will face fierce tests – like evil dental plaque, sweet candy and soft drinks! There are 4 game maps: Jungle Tour, Sweet Temptation, Snowstorm and Pipe Battle – each has different monsters. Kids will use various props to battle – toothbrushes, mouthwash, etc. The modes of play are as follows: 1) Advanced mode 1 – adding & subtracting below 10, adding below 20 with carrying, no more than 3 numbers, 2) Advanced mode 2 – subtracting below 20 with regrouping, addition & subtraction of two digit, one digit and tens, no more than 3 numbers, 3) Advanced mode 3 – two digit addition & subtraction, no more than 3 numbers, and 4) Challenge mode – addition & subtraction below 100, no more than 3 numbers. If you would like to share a fun math skills game with your child, be sure to check out Teeth Defense! Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Price: FREE ~ See Teeth Defense in the App Store

10 Monkeys Multiplication: The 10 Monkeys Multiplication app is a fun multiplication tables app for kids. With 10 Monkeys Multiplication, kids will free the trapped monkeys using their multiplication skills! Bo the monkey has 10 friends who are in trouble, they are trapped and need help. In order to free all the monkeys, kids will need to master times tables from 2 to 10. This app is a math learning app which is designed to help children build up their multiplication skills in a fun and exciting environment. The game features an arcade-style gameplay, and includes 10 mini-games (2 to 10 times tables and mixed times tables). There is an easy-to-use interface that is simple for kids. Children can compete on global leaderboards as well. If you would like to help your child learn their multiplication tables, be sure to check out 10 Monkey Multiplication! Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: FREE ~ See 10 Monkeys Multiplication in the App Store

Gator8: The Gator8 app is a fun storybook for children. With Gator8, kids can enjoy an interactive storybook about Jud Clooney and an alligator! Word is a “gator dune ate Jud Clooney’s boots and he’ll stop at nothing to get them back”! Kids can join Jud on his adventures in the Louisiana Bayou, a voodoo shop in New Orleans, and the spooky cemetery on the hill as he goes in search of his boots! There is plenty of interactivity on each page for kids to discover as they listen to Jud tell his story…but, be careful where you touch – this hungry gator is lurking about! If you would like to share a fun, original storybook with your kids, be sure to check out Gator8! Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Price: $2.99 ~ See Gator8 in the App Store

Jetpack Jenny: The Jetpack Jenny app is a fun, yet challenging game for kids. With Jetpack Jenny, kids can help guide Jenny along as she flies in her jetpack. The goal is to get rid of the alien creatures with Jenny’s powerful laser canon, while collecting precious diamonds and coins. After kids have collected diamonds and coins, they can use them in the shop to buy upgrades! Kids can play single-player mode or challenge their friends in multi-player mode. This app is free, so it does contain some ads, if you would like to disable the ads, you can buy the “No Ads” feature. If you would like to share a fun new jetpack adventure with your child, be sure to check out Jetpack Jenny! Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: FREE ~ See Jetpack Jenny in the App Store

Learning Videos by StoryBots: The Learning Videos by StoryBots app is a way to make screen-time count for your kids. With Learning Videos by StoryBots, kids can have fun while watching educational videos. The musical videos feature concepts like time, ABCs, animals and much more! These videos can be streamed over a Wi-Fi connection or can be downloaded to your child’s virtual backpack so they can save their favorite videos in one place and watch in the car or away from home without an internet connection! This app is free to download and comes with several free videos. Parents can also purchase an “All-Access Family Pass” that unlocks all 40+ learning videos from the growing library and includes unlimited access to the entire collection of StoryBots apps for kids and parents – this is available for only $4.99 a month! You can visit StoryBots.com to learn more if you are interested. If you would like to share a library of educational videos with your child, be sure to check out Learning Videos by StoryBots! Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 6.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: FREE ~ See Learning Videos by StoryBots in the App Store

Freaky Flipsters: The Freaky Flipsters app is a fun physics-based puzzle game for children. With Freaky Flipsters, kids will play with Flipsters – colorful characters which are good on one side and bad on the other! There are many obstacles along the way as kids solve physics-based puzzles by shooting energized orbs across the screen in each level. Kids will need to dodge and trick the Onos (enemies), as they chase after them. This game will test your child’s aim and reflexes as they fire orbs at moving targets. There are 24 colorful levels, and 4 boss-themed levels. If you would like to share a fun physics-based puzzle game with your child, be sure to check out Freaky Flipsters! Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: FREE ~ See Freaky Flipsters in the App Store

BetterHalf Date Planning: The BetterHalf Date Planning app was designed to help couples plan their dates. With BetterHalf Date Planning, couples can create, coordinate and execute thoughtful movie and dining dates. This app is designed to save couples time and help them make sure they get out on their dates! Users will be able to access to their spouse or significant other’s favorite movies and restaurants, sync calendars, buy tickets and make reservations all within the app. This app can be downloaded by both people to improve the date-making process and make it go smoothly. If you would like to save time and stress when planning your next date, be sure to check out BetterHalf Date Planning! Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: $0.99 ~ See BetterHalf Date Planning in the App Store

Thumbelina ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Book: The Thumbelina ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Book app is a fun new interactive storybook for children of various ages. With Thumbelina ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Book, kids can enjoy a story about a girl no bigger than your thumb – Thumbelina! This app features fully interactive pop-up scenes, wonderful music and captivating animation which bring the story to life. Kids can take part in a number of fun interactive 3D pop-up scenes, such as: planting a magic bean, sprinkling it with fairy dust and watching the flower grow or helping create Thumbelina’s wedding dress! There are 9 interactive 3D pop-up scenes with simple tasks and games, and over 30 beautifully presented pages of text. The app also has a beautiful musical score and plenty of amazing sound effects. This app can be enjoyed in the following reading modes: “Read to Me”, “Read it Myself”, and “Autoplay”. The app is available in English, French, German and Spanish. In addition to the story, there is a free sticker book and jigsaw puzzle as well! If you would like to share this classic tale with your child in 3D, be sure to check out Thumbelina ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Book! Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: $4.99 ~ See Thumbelina ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Book in the App Store

About The Author

Nikki is a retired bookkeeper, starting her second career as a stay at home mom. She lives with her husband, son and yellow lab in North Carolina. She loves technology and gadgets – and her iPad is one of her favorites. One of her favorite things about apps is that they are so versatile – there are apps for teaching kids, apps for entertainment, apps for hobbies…She definitely believes the phrase “There’s an app for that…”

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